The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-17


O'Clock the street in front of the Academy
was mass of carriages, and fully 10000
people found their way into the building
before the tired President had graSped the
hand of the last conner. Every one was in
evening dress, and the scene presented was
one of unusual brilhance. The immense
building was most beautifully decorated with
flags, flowers, cut and growing, plants,
and the galleries and boxes were feStooned
with ribbons. Before the President and his
party reached the Academy every seat in
the building had an occupant, and the
guests of the evening amused themselves
before undergoing the ordeal of handshak-
ing by viewing the immense mass of people
from the box known as the Prince of Wales
box.
oLEvELAND's ARRIVAL.
Just before o'clock President Cleveland
and Mrs Cleveland accompanied by Justices
Harlan and Miller, Secretaries Bayard and
Fairchild, Col. LAMONT, ex-President Hayes,
Mrs. Lamont, Mrs. Cadwalader, Mrs,
Franklin Dick, Mr.. and Mrs. Amos r.
Little, Gov. Biggs of Delaware, Hanni-
bal Hamlin and Mrs Hamlin Mr..
and Mrs. Charles j. HarIah,
and Mayor Filter took up their position a t
the rear end of the stage ready for the re-
ception. John A. Kasson of Iowa, Presi-
dent of the Centennial Commission, acted
Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop Ryan and
the visiting diplomats. Then the officers of
the army, navy and militia, under the lead
of Lieut.. Gen. Sheridan made their
bows, and received the grasp of
the hand from the President and his wife.
| After the soldiers and sailors had passed the
rest of the audience followed 1t was nearly
II O'Clock before the hand shaking was over
and the worn out visitors were allowed to
go to their hotel. The President wore a
dress suit which became him a great
deal better than the frock coat of
the morning, and Mrs. Cleveland
was clad in a beautiful white satin
gown with ostrich trimmings. In her hair
she wore several clusters of diamonds The
crowd in the building was something enor-
nous, but the police az arrangements were so
perfect that everything passed off without a
jar.
AT THE CLOVER CLUB.
The dinner at the Clover Club this even
ing was a red letter one in the history of
that famous coterie of dinners and wags
Covers were laid for $50 at the Bellevue
hotel, and the tables were uniquely deco
rated with vari-colored lamps President
M. P. Handy presided Among the more
distinguished guests who both dined and
ran the gauntlet of the clubs witticisms and
gags, were ex-President Hayes, Senator
X.
Green, of New Jersey; Gordon, of
of Georgia; Beaver, of Pennsylvania; Lee
of Virginia: Sawyer, of New Hampshire;
Foraker, of Ohio; Perry, Of Florida; Lloyd,
of Maryland; Senator Hawley, of Connec-
ticut; admiral Luce; Hon. John S. Wise,
of Virginia; Henry E. Dixey, the come
diam John Hoey, of the Adams Express
Company; President Kasson. of the Con-
| stitutional Commission: Justice Harlan, OF
fba po a
Abraham Barker, with the members of the
Chinese delegation. e,.,z~se
BRINGING THE PRESIDENT
At o'clock Col. Mcclure and William NJ.
Singerly, the committee on the part of the
| club, proceeded TO the Lafayette Hotel to
| conduct President Cleveland to the banquet
| room, and thirty minutes later they
drove up to the front of the hotel
with the President. As the two COM
mitteemen appeared with their
guest the entire company arose and sang
verse of the song, Three Cheers for the
Red, White and Blue" which ended with
United States" as that dignitary was
seated by the side of President Handy.
Col. Mcclure introduced President Cleve-
land as follows:
Commodore Singerly has promised that our
honored guest shall talk an hour but you all
know Singerly. Laughter. ! now have. the
honor TO Introduce the first President of the
United States whom the Glover Club have had
the pleasure to entertain,
THE PRESIDENT SPEAKS.
President Handy, with mock solemnity,
passed the Loving Cup to Mr.. Cleveland,
who, after receiving it, said:
Gentlemen of the Glover Club:
thought was sure that knew the charac
ter of Mr. Singerly. but if ! had known that
was to be a victim of his think would have
failed to have entered this banquet hall laugh
teri, and if / had failed to have
appeared here suppose it would
have been the most disastrous thing that had
ever happened. [Laughter.l Tshall have but
little TO say, for what ] do say, | try to say
cause | wanted to come Laughter aud ap-
plause and a voice Never mind the rest /;
secondly, because couldn't resist the entreaties
that were held out; thirdly because this is the
only place where can meet the newspaper
fraternity without Daing interviewed Laughter
and applause and voice Hes Dandy and
fourthly, because / believe in encouraging the
sort of thing that see going on about me, for
the reason that when newspaper men are en-
gagged in this sort of business they are out of
other mischief [Cheers and laughter.l l
understand that you have a rule regulating the
proceedings of this club. | do not
know enough about il to fol
low it, but | propose to suggest
privilege and avail myself of it-that every man
shall do as he sees 1T. am little pressed for
time. A good many people are waiting for me.
] think very likely that would rather stay here
than 90 elsewhere. Cheers and applause
do not say that it IS so: | say il may be SO.
ILaughter,1 Gentlemen of the Clover Club,
beg to thank you for this reception.
As President Cleveland retired with Col
Mcclure and Mr.. Singerly, the company
arose and sang, "Oh, he's jolly good fell
lown